Etymograph

English

Hogben

Hogben comes from Middle English huckbone ‘hip bone’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500huckbone‘hip bone’
  2. EnglishtodayHogben

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500huckbone‘hip bone’
  2. EnglishtodayHogben

The story

From Middle English huckbone (‘hip bone’), a nickname for someone with a deformed hip who probably walked crookedly.Alternatively, a Viking name based on the norse for "high village" ie "hogbyn", which is the earliest recorded spelling of the name.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it. Interestingly, there is a village in Kent called Hogben's Hill".

Every English word from Middle English huckbone

Today it means

name A surname from Middle English.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English huckbone / Hogben

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